Resources on climate change

List© compiled for 'Re-engage! America and the World After Bush' by Helena Cobban


In the list of organizations, I have tagged each entry with its strengths. These tags are:
A = Activism
P = Print information
W =Web-based information
Many of the texts listed as “Web-based resources” are also available in print form. Usually, the website gives information about ordering the print version.

Organizations:

Name

Mailing address

Web address/ Strengths

Comments

Christian Aid (UK)

P.O. Box 100, London SE1 7RT

www.christianaid.org.uk

 

A,P,W

Has terrific online and print resources for its campaign for worldwide climate justice.

Greenpeace USA

702 H St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

www.greenpeace.org/usa

A,W

U.S. branch of veteran global network of environmental activists. Also check the resources available at www.greenpeace.org/international.

Natural Resources Defense Council

40 West 20th St., New York, NY 10011

nrdc.org/

A,W

Website has good sections on green living, nuclear weapons, and more.

Union of Concerned Scientists

2 Brattle Sq., Cambridge, MA 02238

www.ucsusa.org/

A,P,W

Very informative website.


Web-based resources:

The U.S. government publishes statistics on CO2 emissions in two key places: www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/carbondioxide.html and cdiac.esd.ornl.gov. Various UN-related bodies have informative websites on climate issues. These include:

·        The UN Environment Program, at www.unep.org. Also, many great UNEP-related graphics are available at: maps.grida.no.

·        UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, at unfccc.int.

·        UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (cowinner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize), at www.ipcc.ch. Sections of the IPCC’s important Fourth Assessment Report (2007) are also available in print.

Ethan Arpi et al., The City Fix. Blog on urban mobility systems and sustainability, at embarqblog.wri.org.

<>Pew Center on Global Climate Change. Very informative and well organized site at www.pewclimate.org. Good section on “China and Climate Change.” <> 

Terra Daily: News about Planet Earth. News aggregator at www.terradaily.com.

“The Threat of Climate Change,” Washington Post aggregator for the news reports and analysis on the climate issue, including several good graphics: tinyurl.com/flsk3.

UK government, “Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change.” Full text, executive summary (in fifteen languages), and other materials, available through tinyurl.com/vgzxv. Also available as print version.

World Wildlife Fund, “Living Planet Report 2006.” Beautiful and informative forty-four-page report available in ten languages, at: www.panda.org/news_facts/publications/living_planet_report/lp_2006.

Books:

Elizabeth Economy, The River Runs Black: The Environmental Challenge to China’s Future (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2004).

Kerry Emanuel, What We Know about Climate Change (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2007).

Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth (New York: Rodale Books, 2006). Also, the Oscar-winning movie version.

Robert Henson, The Rough Guide to Climate Change (London: Rough Guides, 2006).

Elizabeth Kolbert, Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change (New York: Bloomsbury, 2006).

Wolfgang Sachs and Tilman Santarius, eds., Fair Future: Resource Conflicts, Security and Global Justice (London and New York: Zed Books, 2005).